Tag Archives : youth

Modern media options like magazines, television, internet and all kinds of new social media networking tools are definitely making it easier and quicker to reach vast number of people but there is a flip side as well, modern media is making selling cars very difficult. The whole point of advertising campaign is to catch eye balls and sell the idea of [...]

The U.S. magazine Seventeen, geared for female adolescents, conducted a study on the impact of social networks in the modern “crush”. The conclusion is that not only young people are incredibly social, but also that Facebook has a very important role in their love lives. The poll of 10 000 boys and girls between 16 and 21 years and found [...]

A school for young LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) will be created from March 2010 in Campinas (93 km de SP and the second biggest metro area in this state), through an agreement with the Sao Paulo State. The space will promote technical courses for young people between 12 and 18 who seek classes of artistic expression, graphics and scenic [...]

A group of young people met recently in a park, in the evening, in Tokyo. Holding banners and megaphones, they shout against the Japanese government and because of the lack of employment and opportunities. The scene is repeating often in the busy district called Koenji in Tokyo. This protest is not even close to those in Iran. Indeed, the protests [...]

The global economic crisis is making young people between 15 to 29 years old, see their future more and more uncertain, and it is not necessarily what they had in mind before the sinking economy. What is in common knowledge that the recession in some way, destroyed the world they thought they knew. Historians, economists, sociologists and psychologists [...]

Across the globe, 150 million girls under 18 years are victims of sexual violence. Many of these young people suffer from Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs), difficulty sleeping, depression, and alcohol consumption habit. Being children of the communities where they belong, their parents, guardians, relatives, and neighbors bear the primary responsibility [...]

Given the increasing number of road accidents all over the world, each nation, city has social awareness campaigns regarding road safety. Here are two ads from Poland’s Traffic Department of the Warsaw Metropolitan Police. The pictures do make the point about necessity of wearing helmets and avoiding cracked skulls. The message is simple and straight. [...]

Here is an interesting poster ad campaign of Directions Youth Services Centre, Vancouver. The organization provides 24 hour support to the homeless youth in the age group of 18-24 till they are able to help themselves or decide to go back home. The whole ad including design and execution was done by Rethink, Vancouver. Everything from creative input, [...]

Youth is the age of confusion. When confusion gets too much, the tendency for violence springs up. Put groups of this kind of youth together and you have the phenomenon of youth violence. This is a prevalent trend anywhere in the world today. Youth violence is very much a palpable reality. Children and teens suffer peer violence. Blame it on a cruel [...]